The Senate’s version of the 2021 spending plan fast-tracks the siting process—even as it carves out tax breaks for existing casinos that are struggling—and gives the City Council a voice.
Coronavirus
Delayed School Start Doesn’t Resolve Worries About Disparities
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From school to school and district to district, differing infection rates and resource levels will make for disparate experiences this fall.
CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
Even After a COVID-19 Vaccine is Approved, Distribution Will Be Challenging
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If and when a vaccine becomes available, legislators and health officials will have to decide how to best distribute it across the city, as well as overcome public skepticism.
car theft
NYC’s Rise in Auto Thefts Puzzles Experts
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Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD
consumer fireworks
In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws
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Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’
Budget
Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC
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Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.
2020 election
In Run for Congress, Díaz Sr.’s Strategy is to Give Out Food and Skip Debates
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His campaign relies on Twitter and Facebook posts, pictures and videos capturing him doing old-school politics, like giving away food, toys and—since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York—masks.
Community Boards
How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?
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To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.
courts
City’s Courts Seen Lacking in Interpreters
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There appears to be no accurate record of how many people per month or per year require the services of an interpreter to exercise their right to access to justice.
In Depth
When Labs Go Online: For Some College Majors, Remote Learning Means Extra Hurdles
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Classes for certain college majors, the move to remove learning has been especially jarring, as science labs and acting workshops don’t translate so easily to Zoom.
Age Justice
He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus.
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Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.